balthazar

I end with Imperials at '68. Chrysler didn't put the design mojo into them in the fuselage years like they did '55-68. They don't look any more expensive than a Chrysler of that era. I think it showed, as Imperial was dead by '75 IIRC. This era 300s are generally sweet tho. But again- it goes flat with the '73s. The domestic OEMs used to focus on their full-size cars, but once the intermediates were fleshed out & pulling huge numbers, those became the focus instead. GM, Ford, Chrysler all followed this pattern, and all their full-sizers suffered dropping volumes as a consequence. Not that I place a high significance on volumes per say, but it's indicative.

"The New Oldsmobiles are in early this year."

Same truck; before : After. Hauk Machines-built :

GTX :

Well, they aren't actually silent. They're going to get mandated sound tracks below 18-20 MPH, and they have the exact same wind & tire noise above that. But it's not just the douche above; apparently there's some market demand for this; and if Tesla is going to appeal to performance enthusiasts by making '0-60' one leg of their 3-legged advertising stool, that crowd covets engine noise. If you don't care & want an EV, that's fine. But a certain percentage (of the tiny percentage of EV buyers) will go for this like the 1000 apps on their phone for all sorts of useless nonsense. Hilarious.

Some of them are weird, most are on the bland side... but they have this smooth, commanding presence. The '70-71 Fury & the '69-70 Polara 500 (ONLY with the Suprlite option) are pretty appealing. '72 Polara & Monaco... not so much.

'73 Fury III, from Thunderbolt & Lightfoot :

Payback for Godzilla :

GTS :

FIFTY THOUSAND?!?!?!?!?!? By the by, apparently one of the hallmarks of an electric-propelled vehicle is under assault, and not just by the Government. Now the aftermarket is stepping up to address one of the glaring shortfalls of EV cars- the lack of noise. (Apologies you have to suffer thru this douche host to see the results) :

Pulled up next to one at a light. No badges on the rear or pass side, so unless the owner removed them, the model name doesn't appear on it. And it basically looks just like a Model X... but here I saw it had proper rear doors. I've probably been seeing them around and not realized/cared it wasn't an X. - - - - - Have a classic patina'd Nova you just want to get running & ramrod around in? 'EVWest' has an "easy" solution for your problem (not that you asked). Cool, right?? A 'crate' Tesla motor! zoom-zoom! And QUIET, because hot rodding is all about being Corolla-quiet. What? 'How much'? Why do you have to ask; people put $3000 worth of wheels on $800 cars all day long; WHO CARES!!

^ Just don't call it a 'Buick'.

Saw a news story in passing that said the Nikola Badger is basically dead.

Apparently from the Reduviidae family, I found this pic which is labeled Zelus nymph: Also known as the ‘Pale Green Assassin Bug’.

If I'm reading that correctly, he contracted Black Lung UNDER the regulated system, since I doubt a CEO was still down in the mines. Sounds like the regulations / safety stuff he was lobbying against weren't working, right?

Sweet ol’ girl at the Depot : Cutesy lil shortbed and he still didn’t get it properly aligned.

After taking a better look at the pics associated with this, I realize it's a complete concept car, rather than one intended to be filtered down to production form. That's good; as a stand-along piece it has some design issues. For one - it appears like the windshield is melting / falling into the passenger compartment. That said, it doesn't repulse me as a segment entry (an EV CUV), but the name is blasphemous, IMO.

That's a Brewster-bodied Ford, so not factory, in case anyone was wondering if Ford built something that brash then (they didn't).

Radiused rectangles.

^ All those aforementioned names stayed in the same segment (even Safari > Safari stays in the wagon/ tall wagon cargo segment). Going from a line of various bodystyles, top tier luxury cars, to a cramped CUV feels a lot different. And too gratuitous.

^ Quite true; that’s really not much different. I’d prefer a different name there. Ford has a heavy-handed history of repurposing names. As an EV, the Mustang Mach-E is likely to be near the top performance level of the line, in keeping with the original. With the Buick concept, it just comes off as a quick ‘electric’ grab that appeals to folk that need to be spoon-fed their marketing pablum, rather than being remotely in the same place the original Electra was.

So you're saying it would be desirable to hover your hands an inch from a moving steering wheel for 8 hours...